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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: bentway who wrote (71939)7/10/2006 10:52:32 PM
From: Hope Praytochange   of 173976
 
loser demoRATS: Judge Upholds F.B.I. Search of Lawmaker's Office
By KATE PHILLIPS
Published: July 11, 2006
WASHINGTON, July 10 — While acknowledging the unprecedented nature of the F.B.I. search of Representative William J. Jefferson’s legislative offices, a federal judge ruled Monday that the seizure of records there was legal and did not violate the constitutional separation of powers between Congress and the executive branch.The first search of a Congressional office — in more than 200 years — touched off a firestorm on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers joined in bipartisan protests to the Bush administration over the Justice Department’s decision to seek evidence of bribery on legislative ground. President Bush personally intervened and ordered the seized documents temporarily sealed.
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